In the first hearing of the trial last May - the previous time Netanyahu was required to attend - most of the party’s lawmakers showed up and the premier made a long, fiery speech lambasting the justice system and saying the charges were “fabricated.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, surrounded by Likud lawmakers, gives a televised statement before the start of his corruption trial at the Jerusalem District Court on May 24, 2020. However, Netanyahu reportedly ordered Likud MKs not to come to Monday’s hearing, due to surging COVID-19 infections. “We will be there before he comes,” he wrote.
The Kan public broadcaster posted a screenshot of an internal Likud WhatsApp group, showing Boris Aplichuk - who on Thursday was reserved a spot on the party’s slate in the upcoming election - saying it is “our duty to support and show him love.” Members of Netanyahu’s Likud party were gearing up Sunday to accompany him to the court. The premier’s lawyers have repeatedly moved to delay and discredit the proceedings, filing complaints against the prosecution, alleging “criminal tactics” had been used against them, calling for changing the indictment against the prime minister, and claiming that police investigators had used illegitimate means to secure evidence, thus rendering the charges moot. Mozes was charged with bribery in the case and is required to attend the hearing.
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In Case 2000, Netanyahu is accused of attempting to reach a quid pro quo with Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Arnon Mozes for positive media coverage in exchange for legislation weakening rival newspaper Israel Hayom.
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The former involves suspicions Netanyahu illicitly accepted some $200,000 in gifts such as cigars and champagne from two billionaires - Hollywood-based Israeli movie mogul Arnon Milchan and Australian magnate James Packer. Netanyahu also faces charges of fraud and breach of trust in Case 1000, as well as in Case 2000.